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A member of the New York Young Republican Club’s Asian Caucus, Nick Tan—no relation—sat with a family of constituents around a rotating array of steamed fish, Yangzhou fried rice, and other dishes. Nick, who grew up in New Jersey, lives in…

Washington —  In recent years, there have been more prominent TV shows and movies featuring Asians and Chinese Americans, with many of them targeting younger audiences. The increase in media showing Asian Americans is more than just a…

What happens after the Supreme Court ends affirmative action, as is anticipated this week? Colleges and universities will have to admit students using only methods that are “race-neutral,” and will not be allowed to consciously consider any…

Just a few hundred people of Chinese heritage still live in Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown. Many have been pushed out to cheaper and safer areas.Noah Sheidlower | CNBCPenny and Jack Lee, now married, grew up in the 1960s and 1970s among the…

The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate slipped for Black and Hispanic workers in April, but remained stable for Asian American workers.The U.S. unemployment rate inched down to 3.4% last month, according to the…

At recent auditions for older models held in Los Angeles’ Koreatown, Korean-American hopefuls open up about chasing their lifelong dream, after years spent providing for their families in a new country. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read…

My mother had two issues with the ballroom-dance scene in the San Gabriel Valley. Some of the men who frequented the dance studios, she complained, had bad hygiene, were out of shape, and held her too tightly on purpose—even the ones who…

Last fall, some mysterious new activity appeared on the Supreme Court’s docket. It was one week after oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which—along with a case involving the University of North Carolina—will, later…

The news that a mass shooting had taken place at a ballroom-dance studio in the Los Angeles County city of Monterey Park, leaving eleven dead and nine wounded, broke late at night on January 21st. Headlines described it as “the deadliest…

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.Last weekend, a man shot and killed eleven people at a ballroom-dance studio in Monterey Park,…